One Bowl Vanilla Cupcakes For Two.
Let’s face it: sometimes we all need a dessert that only makes two servings.
Sometimes we just can’t handle 12 servings.
Sometimes we eat them all by ourselves. Sometimes we eat them all by ourselves in two hours. Sometimes we eat them all by ourselves in a matter of minutes. Sometimes it’s the best thing ever.
FYI: I have no idea what that is like.
Haven’t you always wished you could make just enough dessert for yourself? Or yourself and one other person?
Or… just yourself?
Me too.
But more often than not, I’ve found it to be a hassle to drag out the mixer, cream the sugar and butter, sift the dry ingredients and all that fun stuff for a measly two cupcakes.
What can I say? I’m lazy.
Well, I was lazy. Until I decided to make these cupcakes for two. This is only my second or third cupcake recipe completely from scratch and completely from my own recipe development, and I am so excited with the result.
It is definitely your typical white cake; fluffy and soft, full of vanilla flavor, and the perfect vehicle for some fluffy white frosting.
And it only takes one bowl! Not creaming, no mixer, no folding… just you, a bowl and a spoon. Try not eating some of that batter. Yeah right.
I think what I love most about these cupcakes is their customizability. Mr. How Sweet and I can have different flavors of frosting or even some different fruit, nuts or chocolate chips added in our cupcakes if we’d like. Meaning that I can make mine fun and fancy and he can keep his plain and boring. Nothin’ new there.
One Bowl Vanilla Cupcakes for Two
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin pan with 2 liners.
- In a bowl, add egg white and sugar and whisk until combined. Add in vanilla and melted butter and stir until mixed. Add flour, baking powder and salt and stir until smooth. Stir in milk. Divide batter equally between the 2 cupcake liners.
- Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes, or until cake is set. Let cool completely, then frost as desired. I used some leftover white chocolate frosting.
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I have an inkling that these “easy” cupcakes may be made nightly. Does that defeat the purpose?
921 Comments on “One Bowl Vanilla Cupcakes For Two.”
I have three kids and my eldest who is 6 asked me for cupcakes at 8 oclock at night. He had been having a high fever for the last few days and wasn’t eating much. He just had a craving for cupcakes. I found this recipe and didn’t realize it was for only two portions until I started making it. By 8:30 all three of my kids were enjoying their cupcakes (the youngest is two so he only needed a half portion). I will not forget the grateful look on my son’s face while he was eating his cupcake.
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These are awesome! My husband always wants me to make just two servings of things, but growing up in a big family has made it difficult for me to pare things down. This little recipe is great, and my husband loved it. Thank you so much!
OMG sooo cute, i never thought of doing this, but what a great idea. Makes you eat less.
I made this tonight with my daughter because she is in a cupcake club with 2 other girls at school (they just made this club up one day on the way home on the bus) They came out great! She topped them with strawberries and can’t wait till bring them in tomorrow! Thanks again for the recipe!
This is such a great idea!! I hate that I want like one cupcake and I have to make a dozen or two dozen.. Now my roommate and I can satisfy our cupcake cravings without having to make a whole batch!
I tried these last night and they were so awesome! The boyfriend liked them too, which is always a good sign as his sweet tooth isnt nearly so big as mine ;) I did a vanilla-lemon topping (halfway between a glaze and an icing, really). Today, as I type this, I am trying a chocolate version – took out 1 heaping tsp of flour and replaced it with the same of cocoa powder. 5 more minutes until bliss! lol Thanks for the awesome recipe!!!
Oh, one more thing…following the recipe exactly in measuring, I found that either i had 2 GIANT cupcakes which needed 15mins bake time, or three nice sized ones :) which is good, because the cook gets to taste test before sharing, right? ;)
Pardon my three-posts-in-a-row, but I had to share and say the chocolate version came out PERFECT! 3 perfect sized cupcakes of chocolate perfection! Iced with chocolate icing (2 parts icing sugar, 1 part cocoa powder, 1 part softened butter)…I doubt these are gonna stay uneaten until the boyfriend gets home…I will just have to make more!!
I finally posted on my blog about these amazing cupcakes and my chocolate version. Posted recipes too. Gave you full credit and linked back to you several times. Thanks again!!
http://acupfullofcake.blogspot.com/2011/04/just-two-cupcakes-literally.html
Just to reinforce what a few people have said above, it’s important to fill each unused cupcake slots with 1/2 to 2/3 water. This prevents the baking pan from warping or flaking.
Granted, that was the norm many decades ago. It’s entirely possible that new pans aren’t subject to those limitations.
On the other hand, water isn’t exactly expensive. I still take the safer route.
OR… you can use silicon cupcake cups, which stand on their own and place them on a small cookie sheet or baking ban and not worry about the warping.
These are so cute and only two!
this is the cutest EVER <3 thank you for sharing!!!!!
this is the cutest EVER <3 thank you for sharing. I often bake, but have people complain I'm going to make them fat with so many baked goods, this is the perfect solution!
Love them :) i have these cupcake takeaway-boxes and only 2 ;) great to make those and take along on the next picknic or mini trip :)
WOW, this recipe is amazing! I doubled the recipe to make just a little dessert for my family last night, while wathing “Hotel Rwanda”, and they turned out fantastic! I used some almond extract alongside the vanilla, because well, I just like almond :) And same thing with homemade buttercream frosting. This recipe is SO easy, and the cupcakes are soft moist, and FLUFFY! I love this recipe, because as an 11 year old (I will be twelve in June ;) wanting to be a pastry chef when I grow up and own my own bakery, and with this, I can customize this recipe, and try new ones out without using up alot of ingredients in the house, and messing up the kitchen!! Thank you, Jessica! :) <3
Will definitely try to make these with my daughter later. Just wanted to say that I love your blog. You write with great wit and your recipes always make me hungry
. My daughter has now dubbed you the cupcake lady. :)
Thanks for the recipe! Easy-to-follow instructions and tastes really good too!! My kids love it.
I’m just about to make these cupcakes! I’ve been searching for the perfect cupcake – and I have a feeling this might be it! thanks for posting this great idea. xx
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The only thing simple about them is that it is simply adorable. Very easy to follow tutorial, actually, my kids made them and I loved it. THanks for this share.
yummy, i can’t wait for the One Bowl Vanilla Frosting For Two Cupcakes post. :)
great recipe. can’t wait to try it with my daughter.
Made these tonight and used Bailey’s frosting. Delicious combo. I love how vanilla-y these are, and I love that I didn’t have to put my butter out an hour before I wanted them.
My only regret is I doubled the recipe and told my husband I was making four. Telling him I was only making two would’ve been better, ha!
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okay, i think cupcakes are NOT my baking specialty, cause everytime i try to make cupcakes, they either overflow the pan or turn out weird lol well its stilll my early baking years, so i still have plenty of time to learn.
i really liked this recipe. my imagination sparked when i saw this and i thought… hmm mabey it would taste good with honey, ive never had a honey cupcake. so i replaced the vanilla with honey. well, i ended up using bread flour instead of cake flour. mistake!!!! it ended up to look like little souflees and when i took them out of the oven, they deflated -_- lol! ive had some cooking havoc before, but this was totally new! so i think this weekend ill try making it again. thanks for the recipe!!
kayla
Kayla – make sure you use all purpose flour and not cake flour – they are different!
Wonderful!!!! Thank you so much for this recipe. I made these this evening and then had to experiment and made a batch of chocolate! (I reduced the vanilla to 1/2 tsp., added 2 TBL cocoa, and increased the milk to 2 TBL. (also added 2 TBL of mini chips). Delicious! I love it when I discover something like this!
This is an awesome idea!
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These cupcakes are absolutely divine!! I came across this recipe and it was perfect for a little mother’s day treat for myself and my ma. I did have to leave them in the oven for about 20 minutes total … at 10-12 they were still liquid in the center. Delicious though, absolutely delicious :)
Yum! I have so far used this recipe twice, but I mess around with it – I increase the portions to make 4 cupcakes (2 each for me and my bf – 1 each is just not enough!) and add flavors like curry spice and almond extract. Such a terrific basic recipe, thanks so much for sharing it!
they look delicious but it’s a waste of power to only bake 2 at a time.
I’m thinking I agree . . . wonder if you could bake them in a toaster oven instead? Of course, if there is only one person to bake for, then I could see the point. I’ve got two kids, and there is no way two cupcakes would ever be enough! lol.
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Have just posted a link to this!! Thank you for sharing…
They were wonderful, but that was to be expected. Thanks for the recipe!
You are brilliant! I hate having to eat all 18 cupcakes by myself..
I made these 7 days in a row! Each day they became more tastier and tastier.
I made them for my girlfriend. I do not know if she did not like them, but she broke up with me.
Any suggestions on where i went wrong?
This looks AMAZING!!! do you think I could you brown sugar instead. I’m out of white sugar and to lazy to go get some
I think so!
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How cute are these?! Although I’d probably eat both cupcakes instead of saving one for someone else. But at least I’d be eating 2 instead of 12. Great idea!
I made these for my boyfriend’s birthday this morning because who doesn’t like cupcakes for breakfast? I put sprinkles in the batter to make them “funfetti” style and he LOVED them. Why aren’t there more Just 2 Cupcake recipes out there?!
So I “stumbled” onto this site yesterday and saw this incredible recipe! Got home this evening and I just had to try! They were delicious, and just enough – i love the idea of just 2, brilliant!
Delicious recipe, perfect portions! Thanks for sharing =)
That’s such a brilliant idea for those who don’t want to bake up a huge batch of cupcakes.
NOO! I don’t have any baking powder! This recipe is amazing! But once I do get some, I can finally pack a cupcake in my lunch instead of 12! Thank you!
This is a great little recipe I loved it. Even wrote a review about it on my blog :]
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I just made these for the husband, whose had a stressful week. I made them funfetti and topped them with an eighth of my classic cream cheese frosting. They are perfect!!! Thank you so much for the idea!
Glad they turned out!
I made these cupcakes just now and they are amazing! The only problem is that it still makes more than two, hahaha. I ended up being able to make three full sized cupcakes when following the recipe exactly. Still much better than making a whole batch!
I made these and they were sooooo good! Will highly recommend to others. xoxo
Hmmm, from all the raves about this recipe, I’m thinking if I made it I’d have to triple it – 2 won’t be enough (I think 6 cupcakes is a perfectly acceptable serving size!)
hi.. can i put almond flavor instead of vanilla? haha
Yes!
I realize it’s a bit late to comment on this but I just want to say these are SO delicious! I’ve already made them twice in the past week and just doubled it to make a batch of 4 – it probably could have made 5 or even 6, but I had to enjoy the batter ;) My family says thank you!